Actor Quote by Michael Moriarty

“I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium we've got right now.”

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Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

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Interviews don't go to the core of my life,

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I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

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I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

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